By SANDY SEMANS ROSS Just as the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission convenes on Wednesday for its quarterly meeting in Raleigh, there has been a complete turnover of the panel’s commercial fishing members. By statute, the nine-member board must include three members representing the commercial industry. Sammie Corbett and Alison Willis, both of whom have served […]
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By SAM WALKER THE OUTER BANKS VOICE By SAM WALKER THE OUTER BANKS VOICE The state Board of Elections has approved an early voting plan in Dare County for this fall’s election that includes allowing voters to cast ballots on the last Sunday of October. Meeting at Wake Forest University on Sunday, the state board […]
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By Sandy Semans Ross OUTER BANKS VOICE Almost two years after it surfaced, a proposal to radically curtail commercial shrimping is crawling through the state’s rule-making process. The North Carolina Wildlife Federation petitioned the Marine Fisheries Commission for the new rules in November 2016, and after modifications, the panel accepted the request on Feb. 16, […]
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State legislators are getting a crash course in commercial fisheries due to the variety of fishing issues addressed in a pair of bills filed in the short session. But time is running out for those proposals to be heard in the N.C. General Assembly, as lawmakers plan to wrap up their work as soon as […]
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An oral history project funded by North Carolina Sea Grant and the William R. Kenan Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science captured the voices of those involved in the 1997 N.C. Fisheries Reform Act. The 1997 Fisheries Reform Act significantly changed the fisheries management process in North Carolina. Before the act, there were no […]
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Anglers throughout Hatteras Island and the Outer Banks are invited to join a free October fishing tournament that not only offers some enticing prizes, but also helps to collect imperative data on coastal North Carolina spot and croaker catches. The event, which is sponsored by Outer Banks Catch, is called the “Every Man’s Spot & […]
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By JENNIFER ALLEN By JENNIFER ALLEN A summit recognizing the 20th anniversary this year of the Fisheries Reform Act is set to revisit the creation of North Carolina’s first comprehensive fisheries management law. Hosted by the nonprofit Outer Banks Catch, the summit is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the […]
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Dare County Commissioner Warren Judge was transported to Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk, Va., last night, where he is undergoing treatment and tests. This afternoon, Sandy Semans Ross, a spokesperson for the Dare County Democratic Party, confirmed that Judge suffered a heart attack. No other information on his condition was available. A short message posted […]
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In an election year defined by the so-called “battleground” states, there may be no bigger battleground in the country than North Carolina. From the presidential campaign down to local legislative races, everyone could be for in for a long night of vote counting on Nov. 8. Indeed, a recent story by the liberal magazine Mother […]
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The topic for the latest edition of the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” was seafood — not just any seafood, but seafood that is locally harvested by commercial fishermen who catch a diverse species of fish, oysters, shrimp, and crabs off Hatteras Island and all of the Outer Banks. “To the Point” is […]
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